THE might of the US military has arrived in Canberra ahead of President Barack Obama’s visit to the national capital on Wednesday.
A C-17 Globemaster which is believed to have on board the President’s Cadillac limousine, dubbed the Obamamobile, touched down on Saturday.
The car travels the world with the President and can reportedly repel any kind of attack, including one using chemical weapons. A US Marine Corps Black Hawk helicopter was patrolling over the nation’s capital yesterday and US officials have been in Canberra for days planning the trip.
From a safety perspective does it really make sense to have a long car like this? We already saw what happened in London
Well he definitely needs it.
It’s only weakness: it gets stuck on steep ramps…
max speed 60mph??
But from my observations 60MPH in downtown Washington is plenty fast, especially when they block all the side streets and ignore red lights.
And what’s with the driver’s side window going down 3 inches “for tolls?” NO WAY the POTS is going to pay a stinkin’ toll on his roads!
Part of me asks if all this would be necessary if the federal government were less about micromanaging and more about following the letter of the constitution instead of the “spirit” of the document.
But then I think about how many presidents were assassinated, nearly 10%, and 30% had serious attempts.
http://wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_presidential_assassination_attempts_and_plots
I guess if I were in that club I’d watch my back too.
Brezhnev once said, “Sometimes in Russia the President finds it necessary to kill the citizens. In US, sometimes the citizens find it necessary to kill the President.”
And, yeah, I’d be watching my back, too.
Secret Service has their own driver training center.
“embiggen” ???
A perfectly cromulent word!
Does it have fold-out helicopter rotors for emergencies?
By the time you figure in the jet fuel to transport the monster, this car probably has the biggest carbon footprint of any street legal vehicle in the world.
I would think that after Obama’s preaching about the environment that he would ride around in a vehicle that gets better mileage than 8 mpg.
I can just see Obama in a Prius…
Nah, he should be riding a Bicycle.
Dick Dastardly and his Mean Machine.
Long-Legged Mack Daddy & his Mean Machine would have been better.
Just sayin’
I guess the more bombs you drop on others the more bombs they want to drop on you.
What? No spinners or curb feelers?
Clearly this vehicle carries not only on the most powerful man on earth, but it’s most valuable.
I bet it has a pop-up turret in case Obama sees a terrorist or pirate.
Oprah?
No. Although girlish, he’s white.
Aside from my lilly butt, I actually have a very nice tan, thank you.
You know damn right Prez Obama is a fuck’n ninja, bad guy assassin.
Yeap, the meanest long legged mac daddy south of the Lake Michigan.
How will it stand up to a Phoenix missile launched from a drone, the same ones Obama uses to do murder by remote control? Sooner or later there will be tit for tat and none of our elected officials will be able ride in convertibles.
RPG-7 A cheap and effective solution to a simple problem.
Dallas? Was that really you? Thank you for my morning laugh.
There’s always humor in truth. Who’s your pick as the most powerful, valuable person on earth?
The Mormon ?
Sex predator Cain?
Parolee Newt?
Yabetcha Palin?
Bad hair weave Trump?
Loon Bachman?
Oops Perry?
Maybe Buddy “I Got Him By The Balls” Love.
You should know better than trying to have an actual conversation with a sheeple the size of Dallas
Hu.
Deowll: Don’t answer the door. That’s the Secret Service knocking…
Waste of money….
Even many Democrats agree that we’d be better off without him….
Much better….
I have carefully studied the diagram and have detected a massive opening in the mid section of the right side. Also the front right wheel has half of the rubber missing.
Nice catch. Quick get me a roll of Hello Kitty duct tape!